King James Version
One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.(Jeremiah 24:2)
Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.(Jeremiah 24:3)
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,(Jeremiah 24:4)
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.(Jeremiah 24:6)
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.(Jeremiah 24:7)
And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:(Jeremiah 24:8)

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Jeremiah 24:5 - Cross Reference

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. (Nahum 1:7)
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; (Psalm 94:12)
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. (2 Timothy 2:19)
Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; (Deuteronomy 8:16)
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: (John 10:27)
But if any man love God, the same is known of him. (1 Corinthians 8:3)
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. (Zechariah 13:9)
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (Revelation 3:19)
But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. (Matthew 25:12)
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. (Psalm 119:71)
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: (Hebrews 12:5)
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? (Galatians 4:9)
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. (Psalm 119:67)
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)